diff --git a/entry.go b/entry.go
index 3d2c9e0..7e8ad25 100644
--- a/entry.go
+++ b/entry.go
@@ -85,10 +85,15 @@ func NewEntry(logger *Logger) *Entry {
 	}
 }
 
+// Returns the bytes representation of this entry from the formatter.
+func (entry *Entry) Bytes() ([]byte, error) {
+	return entry.Logger.Formatter.Format(entry)
+}
+
 // Returns the string representation from the reader and ultimately the
 // formatter.
 func (entry *Entry) String() (string, error) {
-	serialized, err := entry.Logger.Formatter.Format(entry)
+	serialized, err := entry.Bytes()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/hooks/writer/writer.go b/hooks/writer/writer.go
index 0532dee..1160c79 100644
--- a/hooks/writer/writer.go
+++ b/hooks/writer/writer.go
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ type Hook struct {
 // Fire will be called when some logging function is called with current hook
 // It will format log entry to string and write it to appropriate writer
 func (hook *Hook) Fire(entry *log.Entry) error {
-	line, err := entry.String()
+	line, err := entry.Bytes()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = hook.Writer.Write([]byte(line))
+	_, err = hook.Writer.Write(line)
 	return err
 }